Many Christians have already voiced their complaints about the upcoming movie "X-Men: Apocalypse" directed by Bryan Singer because Apocalypse (portrayed by Oscar Isaac), the chief villain in the movie, was depicted as a god.
"I've been called many things over many lifetimes—Ra, Krishna, Yahweh," Apocalypse says in the movie, according to Charisma News.
However, Singer told Collider that even though the character possesses a lot of impressive powers and abilities, he is not, and never will be, God.
"He's the first mutant perhaps, but he's not God necessarily, he's imbued with certain unique powers. Some of them may or may not be from this Earth, we don't know," the director said.
Singer said Apocalypse preys on the weak and then persuades them to join his forces. He is charismatic when he needs to be, said Singer, and he has a knack of "finding people at a time in a moment when there's emptiness, when there's a need."
During that same interview, Singer said he was keen to direct the "X-Men" franchise because he was able to identify with the loneliness and isolation felt by the mutants.
"I'm gay or bisexual, whatever, so that probably factored into it a bit because mutancy is discovered at that age in puberty when you're different from your whole neighbourhood and your family and you feel very isolated. So that probably factored into my decision to do it to some degree at least, and I wanted to get involved in action-adventure and this was an avenue to do it," Singer said.
The movie is set for a May 27, 2016 release. The stars of the film include James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven, Nicholas Hoult as the Beast, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, and Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers, among others.
